Rahul Gandhi Bats For Freedom Of Expression, Says Sacred Games Can¡¯t Change His Father's Legacy
Netflix India&rsquos first original series Sacred Games has created a lot of hype. The show also got embroiled in a controversy as complaints were filed against Nawazuddin Siddiqui Netflix and the makers of the show by two Congress men. Rahul Gandhi yesterday reacted to the entire fiasco Batting for freedom of expression he said it is &ldquofundamental democratic right&rdquo He added that a show and its characters cannot change views of about his...Read More
Since the time Netflix India¡¯s first original series Sacred Games has been released, it has created a lot of hype amongst the people. Almost everyone has been talking about the web-series. With so much of hype, the show also got embroiled in a controversy as complaints were filed against Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Netflix and the makers of the show, by two Congress men, for ¡°abusing¡± former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi.
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Rahul Gandhi, yesterday, reacted to the entire fiasco. Batting for freedom of expression, he said, it is ¡°fundamental democratic right¡±. He added that a show and its characters cannot change views of about his father and that he disapproves of censorship. Here¡¯s what he tweeted.
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BJP/RSS believe the freedom of expression must be policed & controlled. I believe this freedom is a fundamental democratic right.
¡ª Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) July 14, 2018
My father lived and died in the service of India. The views of a character on a fictional web series can never change that.#SacredGames
Here's how people reacted!
Your own partymen filed a case not the BJP. Or are you too so clueless?
¡ª Mohan Sinha (@Mohansinha) July 15, 2018
What your Dynast father did , can never be compared with any othe Sin. You and your mother must beg in India for the Sin of your family.
¡ª Suyash Deep Rai (@suyashdeep) July 14, 2018
Get lost #BELENG #SaveRTI pic.twitter.com/9kU5dShcdI
Would like to know from RSS supporters is RSS a Registered Organisation? If so where is it registered? Does it have any record of membership? Does it have any account in any Bank? Are its accounts audited? Is it registered with Charities Commissioner in Maharashtra? Pl do oblige.
¡ª digvijaya singh (@digvijaya_28) July 15, 2018
Dont show us you are an ignorant clueless man with no understanding of India or compassion for Hindus whose Tolerance largely has made India stand on it's legs.
¡ª #CongressMuktBharat #Justice_For_Divya (@CongressDahan) July 14, 2018
Your father needlessly meddled in Sri Lanka and got 1300 soldiers of Indian Peace Keeping Force killed. he was killed by LTTE for meddling in affairs not his. Your Grandmother imposed emergency. Your UPA slapped maximum cases of Sedition in history jailing even Cartoonists.
¡ª #CongressMuktBharat #Justice_For_Divya (@CongressDahan) July 14, 2018
my father, my mother, my grandmother, isse bahar nikal jaa re pappu, Modi kaamdaar hai aur tu naamdaar, #NaMo #ModiDobara #NamoNamah
¡ª Sherry (@suv189) July 14, 2018
Congress had earlier reportedly backed the man who had filed the case against the makers of the show saying that everyone has right to protest in a peaceful manner. The party said that some of the dialogues in the show were based on lies projected by BJP for political gains.
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Garima Satija leads the Entertainment vertical of Indiatimes. A storyteller at heart who enjoys the thrill of writing, she is sometimes found daydreaming about living the lives of movie characters. Also, she hates talking about herself in the third person.
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